Prediction of monthly-seasonal precipitation using coupled SVD patterns between soil moisture and subsequent precipitation

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 15, 2003, Pages

  Liu, Yongqiang ^a  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOISTURE; SOILS; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE MODELS; CORRELATION METHODS; FORECASTING; OCEANOGRAPHY; SOIL MOISTURE; SURFACE WATERS;

SINGULAR VALUE DECOMPOSITION (SVD); MODEL DEVELOPMENT; PREDICTION MODEL; REGIONAL CLIMATE MODELING; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST); SEASONAL PRECIPITATIONS; SEASONAL PREDICTION; STATISTICAL CORRELATION; STATISTICAL PREDICTION MODEL;

PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); SINGULAR VALUE DECOMPOSITION;

ATMOSPHERE-BIOSPHERE INTERACTION; CORRELATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PREDICTION; SOIL MOISTURE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0242305861     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003GL017709     Document Type: Article

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